Act One
Los Angeles, California
Casting Call — Immediate Placement
We’re currently seeking male & female actors in their 20s and 30s to play the role of a fiancée. This is an excellent opportunity for individuals who’d like to hone their talent in between gigs. Must be available over the Christmas Holiday.
Non-Union. Background check required. Generous compensation.
Please reach out to Holly York, at 555-1839, to schedule an audition.
When that OnStage Talent Agency app alert popped up on my smartphone, I swear I’d died and went to visions-of-my-dream-job heaven. Especially since I’d just come home to aPay Rent or Vacatenotice pinned to my door—in full view of every single nosy resident on the third floor of Beverly Glen Apartments.
I needed money like a fish does water.
You see, securing a full-time acting role in Hollywood is much harder than most would imagine—even for a good-looking blonde with nice boobs, such as myself.
Moving back home with my parents sure as heck wasn’t going to work for me; although my mother had been nagging me to come back ever since I left four years ago. Eager to succeed in this business, and on my own, I didn’t have any choice but to call Holly York and schedule that audition.
Was I desperate?
Yes.
But when Holly said I—Ms. Ivy Bloom—got the part, visions of me on my way to stardom flashed through my mind like rainbow-coated fairy dust…
